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by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969)

Il vole
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
En allant se coucher le soleil
Se reflète au vernis de ma table :
C'est le fromage rond de la fable 
Au bec de mes ciseaux devermeil.
Mais où est le corbeau ? Il vole.

Je voudrais coudre mais un aimant
Attire à lui toutes mes aiguilles.
Sur la place les joueurs de quilles
De belle en belle passent le temps.
Mais où est mon amant ? Il vole.

C'est un voleur que j'ai pour amant,
Le corbeau vole et mon amant vole,
Voleur de cœur manque à sa parole
Et voleur de fromage est absent.
Mais où est le bonheur ? Il vole.

Je pleure sous le saule pleureur
Je mêle mes larmes à ses feuilles
Je pleure car je veux qu'on me veuille 
Et je ne plais pas à mon voleur.
Mais où donc est l'amour ? Il vole.

Trouvez la rime à ma déraison
Et par les routes du paysage
Ramenez-moi mon amant volage
Qui prend les cœurs et perd ma raison.
Je veux que mon voleur me vole.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Il vole", written 1939, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 6, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Il vole", FP 101 no. 3 (1939), first performed 1942 [ soprano and piano ], from Fiançailles pour rire, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "He steals away", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 167

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